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In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,— Definitions. (a) "appellate authority" means any authority, not below the rank of District Judge, appointed by the Government in respect of any Government estate or class of Government estates by notification for the purposes of this Act, and includes different such authorities for different Government estates or different classes of Government estates; 417 The West Bengal Government Land (Regulation of Transfer) Act, 1993. [West Ben. Act (Chapter L—Preliminary.—Section 2.) (b) "competent authority" means any officer, not below the rank of Deputy Magistrate, appointed by the State Government by notification to perform the functions of the competent authority under this Act in respect of such Government estate or Government estates or class of Government estates or classes of Government estates as may be specified in the notification; (c) "family" has the same meaning as in clause (2) of the Explanation to clause (1) of sub-section (1) of section 13 of the West Bengal Premises Tenancy Act, 1956; West Ben. ActXII of (d) "Government estate", in relation to any local area, means an